Telegram-herald., 1887-03-19
SHE DIED A PAUPER
The Wife OF the Tx -PostmaS-
ter OF Cannonsourg
.gl8 70 HAVE DtEa DRIVER IESlAE
81 tha Crusilf aad Apsss Of stss ftes-
saea and soa Tskso 70 the Poor
f1ouss zno Alio~sd 70 osfttr
aad Die Arnonx 5tr4nssrs-

4 hass story ~aich wisA you woa1
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II HaaA1p reporter THURSDAY evening". TIE
facts should have ssea p1bllshsd i9Dg sgo.
AIS continued, .baI did not think Il sas
ny businsss 70 maze them pnolic ansi now
SIS. LasinA BOst sick. site oi Charles BosE-
w.cx. 40 asesi - % postEnasteE a. Caa-
oonsbarz, did ia ths Poor Ho0ss yestsr-
aaF s. etDsstayl. Lai4ysgte DostEicz. tae
Deputy Sbelf u Caanons5urs. l. her sOn-
NoW that woman would never have
beea crazy u shs lad ben
used decent les. sae sas Insane.
sle sas driven cray by being abused by
her husband aud soa. A isE years sgo TIE
family lived IA Alden. aflsen nll.es easl o.
Buffalo, and Mrs. BostNick ONned iortJ
acres IL land Ia her 0sn n.nis. Her hus-
band and son induced her % sell Il zHd
come here. They setLled - ConnOnso4rs
ant got Ter to let them pu. the money into
q grocery Iaey didn't knO~ much abont
lhs business and soon lost the m0ney and
then began ~ abuse her and soon
bad her crazy. They say
tnat they used her oQtrageOusiy. i.
neatly starved her 70 death and tie people
became 50 lniignans that they wouldn't
trade with them and The Bostwicks-it y as
bostNick & son. l suppose you knOw - had
60 quit keeping grocery. and they went into
the drug store suppose you KNOW tneJ
keep 4 drug store thsre aad don't sell any
thing bat Whisky-s nice business for a
d-buty sheriff isn't IT, Well. when Ms
b0stW.ck became insane they tried 20 have
her sent 20 au asylum, but couldn't Her
sister MAS living Ihen. and took
care OF her for while. But her sister died
aoout tSo years ago and then Bostwlck
made the superintendents OF the
Poor believe that The woman
was so bad that she couldn't be managed Al
a private house and she was sent 70 the
Psor House as a paper. although the dead
sister daughter offered TO take care Oi her.
She died Yesterday. and her husband and
son have been notified. bat ] don know
whether they will come 10 the funeral or
not No, / don't know whether they have
visited her since she was sent 20 the Poor
House or nos, but | don't believe they have
paid any attention % her. It's shame thst
sucA 3 thing should occur IN civilized
country. And she was q good Christlan
woman too. and they say she came 20 he'
senses day or TWO before she died, and
asked where she was, and when she was
told she seemed 20 realize It all and asked
God to forgive her friends for treating hel
So"
Here the speaker who had been talking
| very rapidly, stopped 10 catch her breath
and the reporter told her that he would IN
vestigate the matter and she departed
/ The reporter made some inquiries yester
/ day aud found that the lady ; story va,
/ true in all essential features. The Superin
| tendents Of the Poor said that Mrs -B0stwick
was examined for admission 70 the asylum
AZ the request of Supervisor Johnson
l OF Cannon township. about two years ago
! Tne doctors prC1ouhCeJ her iucurable anC
| FOR that reason she could not be admitted
I 10 the asylum. That she was then sent {,
| the poor house and the expense Of he
maintenance has been paid through Super
/ visor johnson. but whether with money
/ furnished by the BOstwicks or charged Z
the township they could not tell. They
| understood the Bostwicks were poor
| unable 10 pay for the vOmsn's support
| and that she was 50 frantic that she coulS
I not be controlled AZ home. Supervise
johnson and the husband and son bad beer
notified Of the death and the SupeTintend
ents understood they would attend 70 th'
. funeral.
Last evening the reporter again saw thi
| lady whO called Thursday evening, and sh
/ said Yes. they've buried her. Thev buries
/ Der this rsOrnirg without services, prayer
/ or ANYTHING. Bostwick and Supervise
/ Johnson came down here and orderes
a coffin. don't know VIII,
/ paid for it. but they say Bostwick helps Il
! elect the Supervisor and Johnson does any
| thing be asks him 70. BOstwick agreed q
/ let the relatives of the woman who resid
! ia this city. know when the funeral wOul'
| be bat he didn't They sent the coffin on
| there and the sexton buried her. 4 niece O
! the deceased here offered 70 furnish suit
| able dress for The corpse, and waited 10 at
! tend the funeral, and vheI
sic heard this morning that tber
/ would be no funeral she wen
/ there and got there just A. the Sexton va
/ filing up the grave. She asked the Sexto
| % take the coffin out and let her see th
| corpse and be did. It was dressed IN
| nightdrsss and the old Sexton said they
| hadn't shown zs much respect for the poo
woman as decent people would for hOrss
The .ady the niece feels awfuily about th
matter
About the Bost wick :, well Idon't know
how they are fixed now. know they has
her money. and now manage % keep
saloon with a drug license, and Laiayett'
the Deputy Sheriff. wears good clothes an
Kid gloves when ne comes 20 the city, an
he - healthy. and n he had the spunk OF
louise he wOuld never have allowed hi
mother % die in the poor house. even II hi
father didn have a cent It'sa shame an
hope you will publish all a0ous j
Just 20 let the people know Th'
shameful things take place right here anon
AL our rs6nement and civilization. Bos
wick was put out of the 1stOfiioe for med
ding With the mail. 20 heard but ! gues
Il was inst becsuse he was a Republican"
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GOOD FAT OFFICES.